Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Terrorist Designation of the Houthis | The White House
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Over the past months, Yemen-based Houthi militants have engaged in unprecedented attacks against United States military forces and international maritime vessels operating in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. These attacks fit the textbook definition of terrorism.  They have endangered U.S. personnel, civilian mariners, and our partners, jeopardized global trade, and threatened freedom of…
  • naturalgasbad@lemmy.caOP
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    2 years ago

    In January 2021, the Trump administration designated Ansarallah as a terrorist organization.

    In February 2021, the Biden administration removed Ansarallah’s terrorist designation.

    In January 2024, five months after releasing a statement “Welcoming Talks in Saudi Arabia Advancing Yemen’s Peace Process”, the Biden administration again designated Ansarallah as a terrorist organization.

    In the meantime, the UN brokered a ceasefire between Yemen and Saudi Arabia in April 2022, China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran in March 2023, and peace talks are actively ongoing between Saudi Arabia and Yemen through Oman.